Tan Tan is an Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong. He previously held a postdoctoral position at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication. Tan Tan has an interdisciplinary background spanning architectural design, digital construction, and project management. He earned his PhD and MSc from The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment, and his BArch from Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

He is recruiting PhD Students and Research Assistants with interests and expertise in these areas:

• Modular Design and Construction, Digital Fabrication, Computational Design, Engineering Management

PhD Scholarships:

• Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme
• HKU Presidential PhD Scholar Programme
• Postgraduate Scholarships

If you are interested in the PhD/RA position, please get in touch with this email with your CV: tant@hku.hk

Appointment

• Assistant Professor, Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Hong Kong, 2024/2-
• Postdoc Researcher, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, 2023.2-2024.2
• Postdoc Researcher, National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication, Switzerland, 2023.2-2024.2
• Research Assistant, Department of Real Estate and Construction, The University of Hong Kong, 2018/9-2019/9

Eduaction

• Ph.D., Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, UCL, 2019/9-2023/5
• MS.c., Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, UCL, 2017/9-2018/9
• B.Arch., Department of Architecture, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2012/9-2017/7

Journal Paper

• Tan Tan*, Grant Mills, Eleni Papadonikolaki (2024). “Exploring Multi-Dimensional Modularity: Strategies to Reduce Complexity in Design Activities”. Journal of Management in Engineering. In Press.
• Tan Tan, Lang Zheng, Fan Xue, Zhikang Bao, Zigeng Fang, Xiaohu Liu* (2024). “MIVES Multi-Criteria Framework to Sustainability Index for Design for Manufacture and Assembly”. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management. In Press.
• Tan Tan*, Grant Mills, Eleni Papadonikolaki, Baofeng Li, Jing Hung (2022). “Digital-enabled Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) in Offsite Construction: A Modularity Perspective for the Product and Process Integration”. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 1-16. (Link).
• Zigeng Fang, Tan Tan, J Yan, Qiuchen Lu*, Michael Pitt, Sean Hanna (2022). An Automated Portfolio-based Strategic Asset Management Approach Based on Deep Neural Image Classification. Automation in Construction, 142, 104481.(Link)
• Tan Tan*, Grant Mills, Jiqiang Hu, Eleni Papadonikolaki (2021). “Integrated Approaches to Design for Manufacture and Assembly: A Case Study of Huoshenshan Hospital to Combat COVID-19 in Wuhan, China”. Journal of Management in Engineering, 37(6), 05021007. (Link).
• Zhikang Bao, Vikrom Laovisutthichai*, Tan Tan, Qiong Wang, Weisheng Lu (2021). “Design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) guidelines for offsite interior design and construction”. Building Research & Information. (Link).
• Tan Tan*, Grant Mills, Eleni Papadonikolaki, Zhening Liu (2021). “Combining multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods with building information modelling (BIM): A review”. Automation in Construction, 121, 103451. (Link).
• Weisheng Lu, Tan Tan*, Jinying Xu, Jing Wang, Ke Chen, Shang Gao, Fan Xue (2021). “Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) in construction: the old and the new”. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 17(1-2), 77-91. (Link).
• Tan Tan, Weisheng Lu*, Gangyi Tan, Fan Xue, Ke Chen, Jinying Xu, Jing Wang, Shang Gao (2020). “Construction-Oriented Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) Guidelines”. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 146(8), 04020085. (Link).
• Tan Tan, Ke Chen*, Fan Xue, Weisheng Lu (2019). “Barriers to Building Information Modeling (BIM) implementation in China’s prefabricated construction: An interpretive structural modeling (ISM) approach”. Journal of Cleaner Production, 219, 949-959. (Link).

Conference Paper

• Yihui Zhao*., Tan Tan (2023). Sustainable Design for Manufacture and Assembly: Exploring Modularity and Material Innovation in Earth Block Construction. 28th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction. Management and Real Estat (CRIOCM 2023). (Link).
• Mingming Wang., Yue Xu., Weisheng Lu., Tan Tan* (2023). Visualisation as a Collaborative Decision Support Approach for Architectural Design for Excellence. 30th EG-ICE: International Conference on Intelligent Computing in Engineering (EG-ICE 2023). (Link).
• Yangzhi Li., Yusong Hu., Tan Tan, Boyuan Yu, Jingwei Li, Adam Fingrut (2023). AR-Assisted Assembly in Self-Build Construction with Discrete Components. 30th EG-ICE: International Conference on Intelligent Computing in Engineering (EG-ICE 2023). (Link).
• Tan, Tan*., Ming Shan Ng., Daniel Hall (2023). Demystifying Barriers to Digital Fabrication in Architecture. 2023 Engineering Project Organization Conference: Engineering for Changing Systems (EPOC 2023).
• Yue Xu*, Tan, Tan., Jinying Xu, Ke Chen, Qi Zheng (2022). BIM-enabled Design for Hospital Retrofit in China: A Case Study. 27th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction. Management and Real Estate (CRIOCM 2022).(Link).
• Tan, Tan*., Grant Mills., Eleni Papadonikolaki., Yue Xu., Ke Chen (2022). Building Information Modelling in Healthcare Design and Construction: a Bibliometric Review and Systematic Review. 19th International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering (ICCCBE 2022). (Link).
• Tan, Tan*., Eleni Papadonikolaki, Grant Mills, Junfei Chen, Zhe Zhang, Ke Chen (2021). BIM-enabled Sustainability Assessment of Design for Manufacture and Assembly. 38th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC 2021). (Link).
• Tan Tan, Zigeng Fang*, Yuanwei Zheng, Yufeng Yang (2021). Health Building Information Modeling (HBIM)-based facility management: a conceptual framework. 26th International Conference on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate (CRIOCM 2021). (Link).
• Yuhan Liu, Ke Chen, Ling Ma, Shu Tang, Tan Tan (2021). “Transforming data into decision making: A spotlight review of construction digital twin”. International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management (ICCREM 2021). (Link).
• Tan Tan*, Grant Mills, Eleni Papadonikolaki, Weisheng Lu, Ke Chen (2020). “BIM-enabled Design for Manufacture and Assembly”. 27th International Workshop on Intelligent Computing In Engineering (EG-ICE 2020). (Link).
• Tan Tan, Weisheng Lu, Chengqian Li, Ke Chen*, Gangyi Tan (2019). “Implementation of Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) Principles in Construction: A Case Study”. Construction Research Congress 2020: Project Management and Controls, Materials, and Contracts. (Link).
• Tan Tan, Ke Chen, Weisheng Xue, Fan Xue* (2019). “Semantic enrichment for rooftop modeling using aerial LiDAR reflectance”. IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Communications and Computing (ICSPCC). (Link).
• Fan Xue, Weisheng Xue, Tan Tan, Ke Chen (2019). “Semantic enrichment of city information models with LiDAR-based rooftop albedo”. 2nd International Conference in Sutainable Buildings and Structures (ICSBS 2019). (Link).

Report & Book Chapter

• Grant Mills, Chris Goodier, Jenifer Kingston, Philip Astley, Anne Symons, Tan Tan, Chris Sherwood. (2020). “Challenging Space Frontiers in Hospitals: Accelerating capabilities and advancing platforms for modern hospital manufacture”. Report prepared for Transforming Construction Network Plus, UCL Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management. (Link).
• Tan, Tan*., Grant Mills., & Eleni Papadonikolaki. (2021). Establishing a Platform for BIM and P-DfMA. In. W.S. Lu & C.J. Anumba (Ed.), Research Companion on Building Information Modeling. Edward Elgar Publishing. (Link).

Research Project

• UCL Grand Challenges Doctoral Students’ Small Grants. Health-Building Information Modeling (H-BIM) of Healthcare Infrastructure. (Principal Investigator)
• SNSF. Reflective Action and New Project Praxis for Digital Fabrication in Architecture, Engineering and Construction. (Core member)
• UKRI Transforming Construction Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. AEC Production Control Rooms. (Core member)
• Bartlett Research Grants Scheme 2020-2021. An advanced machine learning-based approach for prediction of task-productivity in construction projects (AMProd). (Core member)
• UKRI Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. Transforming Construction Network Plus: Challenging Space Frontiers in Hospitals. (Core member)
• RGC General Research Fund 2018/2019. A derivative-free optimization (DFO) approach to architectural symmetry detection from 3D point clouds. (Core member)

Reviewer

Automation in Construction; Building Research & Information; Journal of Building Engineering; Engineering; humanities and social sciences communications; Scientific Reports; Construction and Architectural Management; Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering; Sustainability; KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering; Heliyon; International Journal of Construction Management; Frontiers of Engineering Management; International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation

Honors and Awards

• Merit Paper Award.
  28th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate. 2023.
• Most Downloaded Paper Award.
  Architectural Engineering and Design Management. 2023.
• ESI Highly Cited Paper.
  Web of Science Core Collection. 2022.
• Doctoral Students’ Small Grants.
  UCL Grand Challenges. 2022.
• Editor’s Choice Selection Award.
  Journal of Management in Engineering. 2021.
• Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad.
  The Chinese Government. 2020.
• Ph.D. full Studentship.
  University College London, United Kindom. 2019.
• Best Paper Award.
  International Conference in Sustainable Buildings and Structures (ICSBS 2019). 2019.